Title :
When and how should the optical network be upgraded to flex grid?
Author :
Xiaosong Yu ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Yongli Zhao ; Jiawei Zhang ; Xinbo Wang ; Shuqiang Zhang ; Rui Wang ; Jianping Wang ; Jie Zhang ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun. (BUPT), Beijing, China
Abstract :
This paper addresses the problem of gradual migration from fixed grid to flex grid. We discuss how to perform spectrum assignment in a mixed fixed/flex network, and we propose and compare three upgrade strategies under two traffic models in four different scenarios.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; mixed fixed-flex grid network; optical network; spectrum assignment; traffic model; Bandwidth; Biological system modeling; Educational institutions; Flexible printed circuits; Load modeling; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964073
